BILLERICA, Mass. (November 10, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t Series with geometrically optimized large area drift detector (GOLDD) technology. Groundbreaking GOLDD technology delivers improvements in light element detection, overall sensitivity and measurement times – as much as 10 times faster than conventional Si-PIN detectors, and up to 3 times more precise than conventional smaller, silicon drift detectors. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world’s leading manufacturer of handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers….view full press release – Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Handheld Niton® XRF Analyzer with Large Area Drift Detector